954 first-hand accounts of flood events in Massachusetts, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Following a moderate to heavy snowfall event on January 19-20, a strong low pressure system tracking through southern Canada ushered in an unseasonably warm and moist airmass on January 24th. Temperatures surged into the 40s to mid-50s.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving up the St Lawrence Valley swung a pair of cold fronts through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one in the morning and the second in the afternoon.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving up the St Lawrence Valley swung a pair of cold fronts through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one in the morning and the second in the afternoon.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving up the St Lawrence Valley swung a pair of cold fronts through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one in the morning and the second in the afternoon.
Read the full account →A couple of rounds of thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon and evening of the 30th across western New England. Scattered reports of wind damage occurred with the strongest storms.
Read the full account →A couple of rounds of thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon and evening of the 30th across western New England. Scattered reports of wind damage occurred with the strongest storms.
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm brought down trees in Southwick and Agawam. Lightning struck a cell phone tower on Provost Mountain causing significant damage.
Read the full account →Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.
Read the full account →Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.
Read the full account →During the early afternoon hours of July 9, a cold front crossed Berkshire County. This front initiated severe thunderstorms in several locations across the county. Damaging winds downed trees and wires in Lee, Stockbridge and Great Barrington.
Read the full account →A low pressure system developed off the mid Atlantic coast and then intensified as it passed southeast of Nantucket on 31 January 2006. Gale force winds combined with an already high astronomical tide produced widespread minor to moderate coastal flooding along the Eastern…
Read the full account →Strong low pressure moving through New York State coupled with a vigorous low level jet resulted in periods of damaging wind across Southern New England. Rain and occasional thunder also occurred.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…
Read the full account →Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…
Read the full account →Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…
Read the full account →Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…
Read the full account →Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…
Read the full account →Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…
Read the full account →Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…
Read the full account →Low pressure moved north from the Florida coast and deepened, passing southeast of Nantucket on Thursday January 4. The storm reached its lowest pressure and strongest pressure gradient as it passed Southern New England.
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